Pillars of justice lawyers and the liberal tradition

Lawyers and the Liberal Tradition

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Pillars of Justice: Lawyers and the Liberal Tradition explores the purpose and possibilities of life in the law through moving accounts of thirteen lawyers who shaped the legal world during the past half century. Others, like John Doar and Burke Marshall, set the civil rights policies of the federal government during the s. Some, including Harry Kalven and Catharine MacKinnon, have taught at the greatest law schools of the nation and nourished the liberalism rooted in the civil rights era. Jurists from abroad--Aharon Barak, for example--were responsible for the rise of the human rights movement that today carries the burden of advancing liberal values. These lawyers came from diverse backgrounds and held various political views. What unites them is a deep, abiding commitment to Brown v.